by David Safier This from Tom Horne. Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said Monday. He said the ‘‘massive layoffs'' of teachers are possible even though school districts' actual job cuts for the current school year … Read more
by David Safier This one got past me in the heat of the state budget problems. According to Pat Kossan at the Republic, significant changes have been made to rules about teacher contracts and firings. Republicans hated the idea that teachers had to be given pink slips by May 15 if the district couldn't guarantee … Read more
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. I just posted about an email from Imagine Schools' CEO which says, basically: We own the schools. The school boards either should do what we … Read more
by David Safier A little over a month ago, I made public an email sent by Dennis Bakke, the national CEO of Imagine Schools, to the principals, directors and developers of his schools around the country, 18 of them here in Arizona. Bakke's basic message: We own the schools. The school boards either should do … Read more
by David Safier I never pretend to be objective, but I try my best to be fair. I go after G.I. regularly — fairly, I believe — but when a suspicion turns out to be wrong, I should say something. Which is what I'm doing here. Matthew Ladner put together three policy briefs comparing public … Read more